Smoking device



Feb. 28, 1933. ZACHARIAS I 1,89%407 SMOKING DEVICE Filed June 28, 1932v- -wvwww Z3 Z5 K figs-J 16 65.4

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' smoxme Applicati on iiled June 28,

p The present inventionrelates-to nevv and useful improvements insmoking devices and While it has been herein illustratedg'as emf bodiedin'a smoking pipe, it is capable of use in other devices such as'cigerJand' cig Itis the object of the jinventiontoprovide a new andimproved typeof coupling {orattaching a bit or mouthpiece to the"smoking; device proper; I v Afeature of the invention resides in a new"and novel construction whereby liquids. Will betrapped and'prevented'from entering the" bit or mouth piece; v

Still a -further feature. of the inventionv resides in :1- novelconstruction whereby the bit maybe readily attached and detached I Withrespect to the smoking device.

- The device of the; invention lends? itself,

particularlyto the attachment of bits and mouth pieces to smokingdevices in {which themein body portion is formed from meet?- schaum orsimilar material of moreor less,

. fragile nature. a Other features of the-invention pertainv to, certainnovel and improved constructions, arrangements, and cornbination s ofparts hereinafter described -end particularly 9 7 pointed out inthe-claimsythe"advantages of Qwvhich-Will be readily .understoodiandlappreciatedbythose skilled in the art. j v The. invention willbe clearly understood from the accompanying drawing-illustrating theinvention in its preferred form and the. following detailed descriptionof the: constructions therein shown; I Inethe drawing,;- I j Figure 1 isa view in elevation partly in section showings s'rnokingpipe} the bitof} 0: the pipe-being attached to theybody proper by acouplingconstructed'inaccorolanceWith.

thepresentinvention; p e I r FigureQ is a plan vieWfpartIy in section!.fshowing the bit-disconnected with respect Figure is, detail sectionalI view taken e on the line 33 of Figure-l, and; l

l igure plilrilgg per ;se.

f is distended view of the cou i.

ferring to thej ldi'avvi- FRANZ 3 mm? s itmmw bnx f me. Serial No;619,636. j]

ing, 5 designates a pipe bowl 6 "the and 7 the -bit;' The stem-hascommunication with;

:the interiorofthe bowl -by a*passeges' and Q the ffree end .otthe stemis provided with an 1 enlarged-"socket ,or recess The *outerjend of" thesocket or recess 9 is provided With an internal thradiilOend; its fouterextremity e v mayberearned to iprovide an angulariwalli p p andE13.-'fTh'e niember' l2 is a; "metel'fsleeve'- threaded-as at 13Canda= flaredor bell 1:ex-

tremityll livvhich is eda'pted to; seatinthe reamed portl'onfof thesocket or recess 9, it being understood thatthesleeve 12 is to :b e

receivedin saidso'cket or recess 9"andsec'ured thereiniby 'means of the,thread '13; "This y p thread 13f may be of such type-as [to formj 'itsown threadupon the interior of the socket Q or recess 9, or maybesoformed as toffit a preformed thread in the. socket or a recess "9.The-sleeve -ha's a reduced portion 15 and a closedend'l6, the:latterbeing providedwith v i an opening v17 toprovide for communication 5between the socket or 'recess 9 and the interior 'of the-fileevejm; I v

'fTh'emeInber- 1'3; has aj'main body portioni'g I 18lWhich iscen trallydisposed and extending from: one end thereof, there is a reduce'd'bodyjv portion'19. 'Tl1ese bo dy*portions18 and are stormed witheXternal-threadsQO and-2 1', I

respectively "The niember 13-is hollow-and I the thread 19'servestosecureit inthe bit? as indieatediby the refierence character 224 inFigure member l8ris secured in the bitwith itsm n bodypor'tion-:18projecting from the bit asbest illustrated in1;:Figure 2.;Theigoppositerendvof tlie' niember- 13-ismref du'cedias at 23endvrformed with; ;akheadf24 0-- An opening 25 extendsfrornithe'r'educedpor tiori-QS to the interior.of thefrneniber 13 end ng-there-f V the head24tjhas apass'ageg25-extendi through asfbes't'illustrated in- Figure 1 5.

These memberswill be of such proportions that when the vbit is attachedto thesinokingg device,.the enlarged head-240i the member-13Iwillengage-the'innersurfaceof theclosed end of the sleeve 15 asillustrated atBOinFigp ure The patsagel25 0fftheenlarged 119313 Thecoupling meinbe rs 12 1 will register with the opening 17 in the closedend of the sleeve and thus provide com- -municat1on between the socket'or recess 9,

and the interior of the sleeve 15. i i

or recess 9 orjthe space 31 thus insuring the Smoke passes through thepassage 8 to the socketjor recess 9 thence through thelopening 17 ofthesleeve, 15 and through the pas- V sage of the enlarged head 24 of themember 13 to the space 31 between the reducedportion 23 of the member 13and the sleeve 15'.

From this point the smoke passes through i the opening 25 into thehollowmember 13 and to the bit 7 Any moisture which may be carried in the ssmoke will be deposited either in the socket delivery of only dry smokethrough the bit 7. By reason of the factthat the sleevev15 is made fromrelatively thin metal the same may be attached to a stem Withoutnecessitating the removal of any considerable amount of material fromwhich the stem is formed and this feature'is of particularadvantagewhere, the stem or'ythesmoking device is formed from meerschaum onecharacteristic of which is brittleness. As indicated byJthe referencecharacter. the walls, of the stem 5 are of-considerable thicknessv atthe; point where the sleeveis mounted thereby not de-' tracting from thestrength of the stem as is i the case with the couplings of thispipe asordinarily constructed.

The invention has been in its preferred form but itis to be understoodthat the invention is not to be limited to the particular constructionherein shown and that it may beapracticedin such other forms asrightfully fall withinthescope of the appended claim.

Having thus descrl is claimed as new, and what itris' desiredto secureby Letters-Patent of the United" States, is:

A coupling for attaching bits to, the stems of smoking devices said"coupling compris-f ing a sleeve having aninternal and an externalthread, said sleeve being receivable in g I a socket in the stem andsecured therein by said externalthread, afiared outer end on ofthe stemand flushitherewith, and a con-,

said sleeve adaptedtoseat against the end nectingmembercarried by thebit and projecting therefromysaid connecting member being provided with'aflthread for threaded engagement with the internal thread of thesleeve and an enlarged. head on'the free end 3 of the coupling membenandadapted toengage the inner surface of the inner end of the sleeve whenthe bit and stem are in assembled position. V

Signed at Brooklym-New York, this 27th day of; June, 1932.

The device operates in the, following manherein illustrated I bed theinvention, what FRANz zAcIiA-Rms,

